In the future, CSEG will add the functionality to create_newcase script to auto-generate case names conforming to this convention. Until then, we ask that you create conforming case names manually when using the create_newcase script.

Details

The period character "." is reserved for delineating and parsing components of the case name.

<compset char> is a single character, the first letter of the compset, lower case

<code base> is "e10" for cesm1.0, "c40" for ccsm4.0, "c35" for ccsm3.5

<compset shortname> is the compset shortname recognized by create_newcase

<res shortname> is the resolution shortname recognized by create_newcase

[.opt_desc_string] is an OPTIONAL descriptive string; the only constraint is that it must not contain a "." While this string is largely unconstrained, CSEG strongly encourages users to either create a very short string (eg. eight characters or less) or avoid using it altogether

<nnn> is a 3 digit number, the smallest number that results in a unique case name

[opt_char] is an OPTIONAL single lower-case letter {a,b,...,z}, normally not used, but is allowed to denote a group of cases that are very closely related. Those cases would then have identical case names except for this single character suffix